572 ' PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
Chapter II, Art. 1: Change “the last stated meeting of the 
month” to “any stated meeting.” 
Art. 2: Change first sentence to read “Candidates 
for membership shall be nominated in writing by at least two mem¬ 
bers, who shall record the name and place of residence. The nomina¬ 
tions shall be posted in the Hall of the Academy and read before a 
meeting of the Council and the candidate shall be balloted for at 
any subsequent stated meeting, provided that at least two weeks 
shall have elapsed since their nomination and posting. 
Art. 3: Change “fee of Initiation” to “first annual 
contribution.” 
Art. 4: Change “fee of initiation” to “first annual 
contribution.” 
Art. 11: Change “fee of initiation” to “the annual 
contribution.” 
Art. 13: Omit “an initiation fee of Ten Dollars and 
an” and substitute “the” for “an.” 
Art. 14: Omit “and all initiation fees.” 
Art. 17: Omit “who has not paid the initiation fee 
or. ” 
Chapter IV, Art. 1: Omit the word “monthly” in the last sentence 
and alter “clay” to “days,” i.e., to read: “days on which the meeting 
shall be held.” 
Chapter IX, Art. 3: Change to read “Certain books specified 
by the Librarian and the Library Committee may be loaned to 
members for a period of not exceeding one month. A list of such 
books shall be prepared for the consultation of members and books 
may be added to it or withdrawn from it at the discretion of the 
Librarian and the Library Committee. The Librarian shall keep a 
record of all books loaned with the dates of loan and return. 
Chapter XII, Art. 1: Change the first clause to read “The stated 
meetings of the Academy shall be held on the third Tuesdays of 
November, December, January, February, March, and April.” 
Art. 5: Insert “stated” before “meetings” in the 
first line. 
Art. 6: The first line should read “The order of 
business at the annual meetings shall be.” 
It will be seen that several of the amendments merely conform 
to the requirement of the changes specially referred to. 
The effect of the By-Law authorizing the loaning of books is 
stated in the report of the Librarian. 
